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Actually when you really think about it, this deal goes back to when AA let Scutaro go….AA let Scutaro walk and quickly signed Gonzalez forcing Boston to then sign Scutaro which then gave the Jays get two draft picks.
With those two draft picks AA selects two high quality prospects: Aaron Sanchez and Justin Nicolino..
Gonzalez has a great half season and AA flips him for Escobar….
If Escobar gets back to normal hitting wise, which I believe he will, he will be worth at least one high ceiling A grade prospect when traded in the future, or worst case two high quality b grade prospects, both of whom would be higher than either of the two C grade ones we gave up in this trade..

So the entire bottom line , to date is by signing Gonzalez instead of Scutaro, AA saves the Jays the salary differential between Scut and Gonzalez, gets better performance in the 1st half from Gonzalez than Scut has done in Boston, picks up two high quality draftees in Sanchez and Nicolino, trades for a short stop who arguably was one on the top 4-5 last season, and has a future prospect or two in the bank down the road.

It might look like this trade will end up in the Jays favor, but what if this Escobar guy never returns to form then it will be a huge blunder on the part of AA. I mean not all players recover from the kind of seasons that he is having, and some people say that Gonzo was just hitting in a hitters park like the dome where balls just fly out of the park, but I was fine with his wall scrapers, the park is built for home runs that’s why they have all of these players that can just get them out.

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